According to the chart (Figure A), three cabinet departments were created under the Clinton Administration.

Accourding to the chart (Figure B), the Chief of Immigration reports to the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

Accourding to the chart (Figure B), the Inspector General reports to the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

According to the chart (Figure C), although the Department of Defense decreased in number of employees from 1990 to 2001, it remained the biggest civil service employer.

According to the chart (Figure C), according to the chart, the Department of Justice was the only civil service employer to gain employees from 1990 to 2001.

This department is responsible for the overall foreign policy of the United States.

Use the chart (Figure A).  How many years passed between the creation of the Veterans Affairs Department and the Department of Homeland Security?

Use the chart (Figure A).   Which cabinet department was originally a bureau within the Department of Commerce?

These have the power to make rules for large industries and businesses that affect the public.

This department was once called the Department of War.

This describes the practice of victorious politicians rewarding their followers with government jobs.

This item limits federal employees’ involvement in election campaigns.

These are NOT civil service federal government jobs.

The major power Congress has over the bureaucracy is the ________

Civil servants who work for the federal government are known as

Offices of ambassadors in foreign countries are called ________

This department helps protect public lands.

This created the civil service system.

An order to stop an action or enforce a rule is _______

When agencies, congressional committees, and client groups work together it is called ______

Identify the cabinet department that includes the following functions:

1. Bureau of Mines
2. National Park Service
3. Oversees relations with Native Americans
4. Protects public lands and natural resources

Congress established the Department of Justice in 1870. Three of the department’s agencies are the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Immigration and Naturalization Service and __________.

The Department of Health and Human Services directs programs concerning the health and social well being of Americans. Three of the department’s agencies are the Social Security Administration, Public Health Service and ____________.

President Grant wanted to fix the spoils system, so he asked Congress to initiate reforms. Identify the tragic event that moved Congress to reform the corrupt system and pass the Pendleton Act.

Study the chart (Figure D). Which civil service employer has the most employees?

Study the chart (Figure D). Which civil service employer has the least number of employees?

Study the chart (Figure C). Which civil service employer reduced its number of employees by more than one fourth?

The bureaucracy helps shape public policy through legislation. The three methods bureaucrats use to achieve this goal are 1) testify about legislation 2)provide lawmakers with technical information 3) ______________.

Bureaucrats use different methods to shape public policy: 1) make rules 2) provide advice 3)_____________.

Iron triangles are formed when three groups working together form a very strong relationship. Study the chart (Figure E) and identify the missing “group.”

_____________ can bring disaster to a president.

This has helped increase the power of the president.

Open-Ended Questions

Answer each question with a topic sentence, supported by 3 sentences and a conclusion.  Correct number of sentences with valid information will get full credit (5 Points).

Answer 3 open-ended questions: 15 points

Drawing Conclusions Why have changes in the nation over the past 200 years caused a need for a civil service system?  Explain what the civil service system is and what problems its development needed resolve.

Civic Participation Explain why the top appointed positions in the executive branch are not part of the civil service system.

Making Inferences Some people say there is an informal "fourth branch" of government, consisting of agencies that carry out functions of all three constitutional branches. Explain how the bureaucracy acts as the “fourth branch”.

Civic Participation Explain whether the civil service system or the spoils system better provides the average person with access to government jobs.

Separation of Powers Describe three ways the federal bureaucracy helps to shape laws passed by Congress.